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splenative
† splenative, a. Obs. Also 6 spleanatiue, 7 spleen-. [ad. L. type *splēnatīvus (cf. prec.), or independently f. spleen n.] 1. Acting on the spleen.1592 Nashe P. Penilesse 32 b, My two cunning Philosophers were driuen to..seeke out splenatiue simples, to purge their popular Patients of the Opinion of...
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splenitive
† ˈsplenitive, a. Obs. rare. [Cf. splenative a., -etive a.] Splenetic.1633 P. Fletcher Purple Isl. iii. xix. note, Hence Stratonicus merrily said, that in Crete dead men walked, because they were so splenitive, and pale-coloured. 1815 Monthly Mag. XXXVIII. 111 He was however too splenitive, austere,...
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splenetive
ˈsplenetive, a. rare. [Cf. splenative a.] 1. = splenetic a. 3.1679 Fletcher's Elder Brother iv. i. (Fol.2), Some splenetive [Q.1 spleenative] Youths now, that had never seen more than thy Country smoak, will grow in choler. 2. = splenetic a. 4.1829 Examiner 421/1 The Quarterly..pours forth splenetiv...
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relapse
▪ I. relapse, n.1 (rɪˈlæps) Also 6 relaps. [f. the vb.; cf. lapse n.] 1. A falling back into error, heresy, or wrongdoing; backsliding.1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 14 §6 Yf they..after abiuracion fall in relapse..they shalbe..burned. 1570 Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 941/2 Not to departe thence without licen...
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en-
▪ I. en-, prefix1 the form assumed in Fr. (as also in Pr., Sp., Pg.) by the L. prepositional prefix in- (see in-). The Eng. words in which it appears are partly adaptations of Fr. (occasionally Sp.) words, either of L. descent or formed in Romanic, and partly original formations upon Eng. words. A. ...
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